The Damac Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jonathan Okita in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Damac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Damac
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Damac promote Talal Al-Dosari from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Talal Al-Dosari has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Damac promote Salem Al-Subaie from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salem Al-Subaie has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Salem Al-Subaie steps up from the Damac academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Salem Al-Subaie has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Faisal Al-Khaibari joins the Damac first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Faisal Al-Khaibari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mohammad Alsalkhadi in the eights
A performance of 8.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jamal Harkass
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Valentín Vada
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Loan watch David Kaiki wants to come home
- Match Mohammad Alsalkhadi rescues a point for Damac
- Boardroom Damac turn down the training-ground plan